Tyro Stakes

The Tyro Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually near in July at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. A non-graded stakes race offering a current purse of $60,000, it is open to two-year-old horses weighted at 122 pounds with allowances. It was a run on a dirt track from inception until 2012 when it became a race on turf. It is currently contested at a distance of five furlongs.

Tyro Stakes

Ungraded stakes race
Location	Monmouth Park Racetrack Oceanport, New Jersey, United States
Inaugurated	1886
Race type	Thoroughbred – Flat racing
Race information
Distance	5 furlongs (0.63 mi)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Two years old
Purse	US$75,000

In 1886, this race was won by Tremont, the United States Champion Two-Year-Old Male. Tremont won every one of his 13 races during a period of 10 weeks but refused to train at the age of three. The great California filly, Los Angeles, won this race in 1887.

Winners since 1989

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Dist. (Furlongs)	Time
2018	Mooji Moo Jr	2	Jairo Rendon	Patrick B. McBurney	Robert Deckert Jr.	5 F (D) *	0:58.39
2017	Hemp Hemp Hurray	2	Albin Jimenez	Wesley Ward	Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey	5.5 F (T)	1:04.91
2016	Race not held
2015	Expected Ruler	2	Wilmer A. Garcia	Liam Daniel Benson	Liam F. Benson	5 F (T)	0:56.84
2014	Souper Colossal	2	Paco Lopez	Edward Plesa Jr.	Live Oak Plantation	5 F (T)	0:57.75
2013	Yes I'm Lucky	2	Paco Lopez	Edward Plesa Jr.	Trilogy Stable/Plesa	5 F (T)	0:56.93
2012	Rip Roarin Richie	2	Elvis Trujillo	Wesley Ward	Richard M. Ravin	5 F (T)	0:56.46
2011	She Digs Me	2	Elvis Trujillo	Steve Asmussen	J. Kirk & Judy Robison	5.5 F (D)	1:03.95
2010	Vengeful Wildcat	2	Carlos H. Marquez Jr.	Ben Perkins Jr.	New Farm (Everett Novak)	5.5 F (D)	1:04.59
2009	Phils Prospect	2	Tony Maragh	Gary Capuano	Non Stop Stable (Gary Capuano)	5.5 F (D)	1:04.13
2008	Fellow Crasher	2	Joe Bravo	Anthony W. Dutrow	Michael Dubb, Stuart Grant & Samuel Bayard	5.5 F (D)	1:03.32
2007	Lantana Mob	2	Stewart Elliott	Steve Asmussen	Vinery Stables	5.5 F (D)	1:03.83
2006	Bella Shambrock	2	Chris DeCarlo	Todd Pletcher	J and J Stables (John Williams Jr.)	5.5 F (D)	1:04.44
2005	He's Got Grit	2	Aaron Gryder	Steve Asmussen	Curtis C. Green	5.5 F (D)	1:03.97
2004	Park Avenue Ball	2	Dale Beckner	James T. Ryerson	Char-Mari Stable (Charles & Marianne Hesse)	5.5 F (D)	1:05.02
2003	Deputy Storm	2	Joe Bravo	Todd Pletcher	James C. Spence	5.5 F (D)	1:03.73
2002	Farno	2	Tommy Turner	Frank Generazio Jr.	Patricia A. Generazio	5.5 F (D)	1:05.01
2001	Pure Precision	2	José Vélez Jr.	John J. Tammaro III	Kinsman Stable	5.5 F (D)	1:05.12
2000	Waltz King	2	Dale Beckner	John F. Mazza	Holly Crest Farm (Vincent Annarella)	5.5 F (D)	1:04.02
1999	Outrigger	2	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Grousemont Farm (Theiline P. Scheumann)	5.5 F (D)	1:03.93
1998	Delaware Township	2	Abdiel Toribio	Benjamin W. Perkins Sr.	New Farm (Everett Novak)	5.5 F (D)	1:03.93
1997	Unreal Madness	2	Herb McCauley	Edward T. Allard	Gilbert G. Campbell	5.5 F (D)	1:04.61
1996	Smoke Glacken	2	Craig Perret	Henry L. Carroll	William Roberts, Alexander Karkenny, Robert P. Levy	5.5 F (D)	1:04.60
1995	Foolish Pole	2	Herb McCauley	Virgil W. Raines	Anderson Fowler	5.5 F (D)	1:05.62
1994	Enlighten	2	Cesar Torres	William W. Perry	Daffodil Hill Farm	5.5 F (D)	1:05.22
1993	Sacred Honour	2	Carlos Lopez Sr.	Benjamin W. Perkins Jr.	New Farm (Everett Novak)	5.5 F (D)	1:05.60
1992	Wild Zone	2	Rick Wilson	Benjamin W. Perkins Jr.	Mrs. Augustus Riggs	5.5 F (D)	1:04.60
1991	Thanks to Randy	2	Joe Bravo	William D. Anderson	P. M. S. Stable	5.5 F (D)	1:03.82
1990-1	Alaskan Frost	2	Ángel Cordero Jr.	Joseph H. Pierce Jr.	Two Sisters Stable	5.5 F (D)	1:04.60
1990-2	Friendly Lover	2	Dean A. Sarvis	Joseph H. Pierce Jr.	Pastime Stable (G. Watts Humphrey Jr., et al.)	5.5 F (D)	1:05.80
1989	Dawn Quixote	2	Ruben Hernandez	Sonny Hine	Scott C. Savin	5.5 F (D)	1:03.80

• 2018: off turf

References

• The Tyro Stakes at Pedigree Query
• The 2008 Tyro Stakes at Bonnie Heath Farm